50 interesting facts about Demi Moore: She's part Cherokee, first actress to make more than $10 million for a movie role

Demi Moore is a talented and beautiful actress who first appeared in the 'Brat Pack' movies of the 1980s, such as St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night.

1. Her birth name is Demetria Guynes.

2. Demi was born on November 11, 1962, in Roswell, New Mexico.

3. She had a challenging childhood. Her parents split up before she was born, and she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Virginia and Danny Guynes, both of whom drank heavily.

4. She is part Cherokee.

5. Moore had moved more than 30 times by the time she turned 14, eventually settling in Los Angeles.

6. She attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles with actor/producer Byron Allen.

7. Demi quit school when she was 16 years old and worked as a pin-up-girl.

8. In 1981, Moore had landed a role on the popular television soap opera General Hospital.

9. She played journalist Jackie Templeton for two years. That same year, Moore made her film debut in the independent drama Choices.

10. While working on General Hospital, Moore found time for a few film projects. She appeared in the 3-D science fiction horror flick Parasite (1982) with her musician husband Freddie Moore, who she married the previous year.

11. Demi and Freddy Moore, her first husband lived right next door to Nastassja Kinski, the actress. It was she who inspired Demi to move into acting.

12. Demi was one of three finalists cast for the lead role in "Flashdance" (1983).

14. She appeared in John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" music video.

15. Demi had to sign a contract stipulating that she would stop her own alcohol and drug abuse in order to play a role in "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985).

16. She is the only Brat Packer to become a huge and long-lasting movie star after the Brat Pack era ended.

17. She is a huge supporter of Arsenal Football Club, and attends home games whenever she is in London.

18. Her left eye is green and her right eye is hazel.

19. She married Bruce Willis at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas in 1987.

20. Moore and Willis were married in Las Vegas by Little Richard who became a religious minister later in his career, shortly after the death of his mother. The flamboyant singer has also conducted nuptials for such celebrities as Cindy Lauper and Bruce Springsteen.

21. They have three children together: Rumer Willis (b. 1988), Scout LaRue Willis (b. 1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis (b. 1994). Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last and they divorced in 2000. The couple gave no public reason for their breakup. Regarding the divorce, Willis stated, "I felt I had failed as a father and a husband by not being able to make it work."

22. Moore's biggest career breakthrough came in 1990 with the romantic drama Ghost. She played Molly, a young woman whose husband Sam (played by Patrick Swayze) was murdered. His spirit works with a psychic (played by Whoopi Goldberg) to avenge his death and to protect Molly from those involved.

23. Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and former husband Bruce Willis.

24. Moore had a longstanding relationship with martial arts instructor Oliver Whitcomb, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002.

25. Her trade mark is a husky voice.

26. "Striptease" was the film that placed Demi among the highest paid female actresses, with a salary of $12.5 million.

27. Demi is a vegetarian.

28. In 1991, she posed nude for Vanity Fair Magazine cover while seven months pregnant. In 1992, she again posed nude covered with body paint for the same magazine.

29. In 1996, she was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

30. Demi was replaced by Sandra Bullock for the lead role in "While You Were Sleeping" (1995).

31. She once stripped wearing nothing but a bikini and the "Top Ten" list cards covering her on the "Late Show with David Letterman" before the release of her new movie "Striptease" (1996).

32. Along with Pia Zadora, Madonna, Pauly Shore and Sylvester Stallone, one of the few people who have "won" back to back awards at the Razzies in successive years. She "won" Worst Actress of 1997 for her performances in the films The Juror (1996) and Striptease (1996), then again the next year she "won" Worst Actress for her role in G.I. Jane (1997).

33. She did one-arm pushups on the "Late Show with David Letterman" to prove to audiences that she was fit enough to star as a Navy SEAL in "G.I. Jane" (1997).

34. She hired 3 cameramen to videotape the birth of her first child, Rumer Glenn Willis (1988).

35. Retreating from the Hollywood scene in 1998, Moore and her three daughters moved to Hailey, Idaho, where she and Willis had previously purchased a home. During her time in Hailey, Moore mostly focused on raising her daughters.

36. One of her biggest movies after returning to the big screen was in Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle (2003). She played a villain named Madison Lee. Moore appeared opposite such younger talents as Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz.

37. Demi was booked by Italian designer Donatella Versace to replace Madonna as the latest face for the fashion house's 2005-2006 campaign.

38. Revealed during an interview on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in March 2008 that she underwent leech therapy in Austria to help her combat aging.

39. Her wedding with Ashton Kutcher was attended by about 100 guests. Among them were ex-husband Bruce Willis, their three daughters, Ashton's best friend and co-star from "That '70s Show" (1998), Wilmer Valderrama, and Demi's close friend Lucy Liu.

40. Demi legally changed her name to Mrs. Kutcher in September 2007, yet still kept her name from first songwriter husband Freddie Moore for all her professional endeavors.

41. Moore owns "Moving Pictures", a production company which produced Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery(1997) and its sequels Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

42. Demi and then husband Ashton Kutcher were the No. 6 Best Dressed Couple in the World in a poll by Vanity Fair Magazine in July 2007.

43. She hired famous photographer Mario Testino to take a set of naked photos of her during her 41st birthday with one of the photos being used for the photographer's book "Let Me In."

44. She has undergone several cosmetic surgeries to get rid of the fat on her abdomen, hips and backside. She has also undergone breast enlargement surgery.

45. Demi Moore's net worth is $150 million.

46. Moore is a follower of Philip Berg's Kabbalah Centre religion, and initiated Kutcher into the faith.

47. In 2009, Moore and Kutcher launched The Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA), a nonprofit, non-governmental organization directed towards fighting child sexual slavery. Its first campaign was "Real Men Don't Buy Girls."

48. After over a year of separation, Kutcher filed for divorce from Moore on December 21, 2012 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. Moore filed her response papers in March 2013, requesting spousal support and payment of legal fees from Kutcher.

49. According to The New York Times, Moore is "the world's most high-profile doll collector," and among her favorites is the Gene Marshall fashion doll. At one point, Moore kept a separate residence to house her 2,000 dolls.

50. Since 2013, Moore has been practicing Kundalini Yoga as originally taught by Yogi Bhajan. She has been taking classes in Malibu with Kundalini teacher Tej Kaur, sometimes with daughter Rumer Willis.